Formula 1: Team Power Rankings after 2018 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix
By Asher Fair
There are three races down and 18 to go in the 2018 Formula 1 season. Which teams rank where in the team power rankings after the Chinese Grand Prix?
Three races into the 21-race 2018 Formula 1 season, two of the sport’s 10 teams have won at least one race. The second team to win a race this season became that team in the third race of the season, the Heineken Chinese Grand Prix at the 16-turn, 5.451-kilometer (3.388-mile) Shanghai International Circuit in Jiading, Shanghai, China.
After Scuderia Ferrari won the first two races of the season, the Australian Grand Prix and the Bahrain Grand Prix, with Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing responded by winning the Chinese Grand Prix with Daniel Ricciardo.
However, the team that have the lead in the constructor standings is Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, the team that have been the most consistent through three races so far this season despite the fact that neither of their two drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, have won a race in 2018.
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In fact, the three-race start to the 2018 season is the first three-race stint since the start of the V6 turbo hybrid era in the 2014 season during which Mercedes have won zero races, yet they still have a one-point lead over Scuderia Ferrari in the constructor standings.
With Ferrari’s two wins in Australia and Bahrain, Red Bull Racing’s win in the most recent race in China and Mercedes’ consistency through the first three races of the 2018 season all considered, how do the Formula 1 Team Power Rankings look as of now?
Here are the formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings and the non-formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings following the third race of the 21-race 2018 season, the Heineken Chinese Grand Prix.
To see how the formulated rankings are calculated, click here.
Formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
| 1 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport | Mercedes | 2 | +1 |
| 2 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 1 | -1 |
| 3 | Aston Martin Red Bull Racing | Renault | 7 | +4 |
| 4 | McLaren | Renault | 3 | -1 |
| 5 | Renault Sport | Renault | 4 | -1 |
| 6 | Haas | Ferrari | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Honda | 5 | -2 |
| 8 | Sahara Force India | Mercedes | 9 | +1 |
| 9 | Alfa Romeo Sauber | Ferrari | 8 | -1 |
| 10 | Williams Martini Racing | Mercedes | 10 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (+4)
Down: Scuderia Toro Rosso (-2)
Non-formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
| 1 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport | Mercedes | 2 | +1 |
| 2 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 1 | -1 |
| 3 | Aston Martin Red Bull Racing | Renault | 5 | +2 |
| 4 | Renault Sport | Renault | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | McLaren | Renault | 3 | -2 |
| 6 | Haas | Ferrari | 7 | +1 |
| 7 | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Honda | 6 | -1 |
| 8 | Sahara Force India | Mercedes | 9 | +1 |
| 9 | Alfa Romeo Sauber | Ferrari | 8 | -1 |
| 10 | Williams Martini Racing | Mercedes | 10 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (+2)
Down: McLaren (-2)
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Be sure to tune in to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix at Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday, April 29th. The live broadcast of the 2018 Formula 1 season’s next race, the fourth race of the season, is set to begin at 8:10 am ET on that date on ESPN2.